RE: Laptop recommendations?

Are you saying this tongue in cheek? The GPU matters more and more these
days. You want something like nVidia Optimus so you get full discrete power
when you need it, but it totally powers off when you don't.

Brad, you have that in your M11x, right?



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From: Steve Richter <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, November 05, 2010 12:36
To: [email protected] <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [OT] Laptop recommendations?



for myself, I would get a laptop that has an Intel integrated graphics
adapter.  Any of the Arrandale processors
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrandale_(microprocessor)



On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 12:09 PM, Mark Levison <mark-r0EpITdELjZWk0Htik3J/[email protected]> wrote:

>
>
> Many years ago I used this group for its original purpose. Now I just abuse
> it, sorry. The Canadian government has made it clear that I need to upgrade
> my laptop by Jan 31 (its changed some taxation rules). So I'm leaning on old
> friends for recommendations.
>
> My needs:
>
> 1. Budget <2000 Canadian
>
> 2. 15 inch screen
>
> 3. More battery life is better. Currently my XPS 1530 gets about 1:20 which
> I'm always looking for a plug. Ideally I would get 3 hrs when not doing
> compute intensive tasks.
>
> 4. Weight no worse than XPS M1530 (6 lbs)
>
> 5 CPU Core I7 (at least this what I assume I want), 8 GB RAM. 500 GB 7200
> RPM Harddrive
>
> 6. Use: Development and photo editing (Lightroom and Photoshop). More
> Horsepower better in these cases, although I'm happy to work using an outlet
> in that case.
>
> 7. USB 3.0 and other goodies are nice but not mission critical
>
>
> Basically I spend a lot of time on the road and need a good machine that I
> can carry and use every where. After digging for a few hours it appears that
> the current Dell XPS's get bad reviews for: design and longevity, battery
> life and lack of USB 3.0. The HP Envy takes a knock because the palm rest
> becomes very hot even when browsing the web.
>
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Mark
>
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